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Here is your chance to own an outstanding and rare combat tunic. Interesting tunic material and possibly from captured stock elsewhere. Hand sewn bevo style sleeve eagle. Machine sewn blank black collar tabs, as typical for the SD. No SD sleeve diamond, so likely intended for foreign use. Shoulder straps for the lowest rank of a Unterwachtmeister, with interesting lack of green underlay as typically seen. Anomalies such as these are often seen on foreign issued pieces. Unknown ghosting of a shield on the right sleeve. Complete with a badge loop, perfect for a display. This tunic is published in Waffen-SS: Its Uniforms, Insignia and Equipment, 1938-1945 by D. S. V. Fosten & R. J. Marrion in 1971. Don’t miss out on this exceedingly historical piece! The SA Sports Badge & SS Belt are not included in this listing, only the tunic and the attached insignia are included in this listing. Click HERE to view more images of this item! The Schutzstaffel (SS) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler  in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. It began with a small guard unit known as the Saal-Schutz (“Hall Security”) made up of NSDAP volunteers to provide security for party meetings in Munich. In 1925, Heinrich Himmler joined the unit, which had by then been reformed and given its final name. Under his direction (1929–45) it grew from a small paramilitary formation during the Weimar Republic to one of the most powerful organizations in Nazi Germany. From 1929 until the regime’s collapse in 1945, the SS was the foremost agency of security, surveillance, and terror within Germany and German-occupied Europe. The two main constituent groups were the Allgemeine SS (General SS) and Waffen-SS (Armed SS). The Allgemeine SS was responsible for enforcing the racial policy of Nazi Germany and general policing, whereas the Waffen-SS consisted of combat units within Nazi Germany’s military. A third component of the SS, the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV), ran the concentration camps and extermination camps. Additional subdivisions of the SS included the Gestapo and the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) organizations. They were tasked with the detection of actual or potential enemies of the Nazi state, the neutralization of any opposition, policing the German people for their commitment to Nazi ideology, and providing domestic and foreign intelligence. Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!